My new Mac

Ken replied to my first blog by saying I was a technosavvy greatgrandma, which made me feel good. Then he suggested I tell about my experience getting a new computer. So here goes.

When both computers went belly up I called Ken in a panic. After all he works for HP and knows a lot about computers, right? He said, "Let's go shopping." I think he even took some time off work and we immediately went. 

First we went to the Apple store down town. Such a nice place. Stuffed leopards in the decor and couches to rest on. And computers hooked up you can play on them. And a nice salesman who answered questions but did absolutely no pressuring.  Plus the Mac is so smooooth. 

Then we went to OfficeMax to look at the HP computers. There was one on sale but they didn't have one in or even in the warehouse. Didn't know when they'd have it. There were none hooked up to try and the salespeople seemed to care less.

I have to add that setting up the Mac was a dream. Just plug it in, basically. No extra stuff to choose from or take off. It was a bit of a challenge to learn how to use it, but Ken bought me a pocket guide and I am now quite a pro at it. I did have to buy a new program called Print Explosion that's made for the Mac so I can still do cards and calendars but what's another $50 after all I'd spent on the two computers.

And besides, Carl owns a Mac and he can log onto my computer and fix things I mess up. (I felt a moment of panic when a person named Chuck commented on my first blog, but Brenda assured me that was Carl. Perhaps you could put a picture in there, Carl as an identifier?)

When I think that I can remember back to a time when there WERE no computers, what a long way we've come. I'm especially impressed with how much computers have helped further the work of salvation for the dead! They are so much a part of our life that we have to buy laptops to take with us on trips so we'll never be without them! And we're devastated if something goes wrong  with our computer.